I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 56

[ Suspicious… (1) ]

The awarding of my first class knight rank caused a great stir.

Let alone the ultra-fast promotion of being promoted from a temporary level 5 knight to a level 1 knight in just one semester, it is unprecedented.

Being a guardian is largely determined by innate talent.

Students admitted as level 5 technicians are usually students without talent, and only at level 3 are they considered to have a promising future.

Among such level 3 students, most of them are unable to be promoted to level 1 in their lifetime, but I can’t help but say something because I rose up from level 5, which was considered untalented, to level 1 in one go.

-What on earth happened?

-Does this make sense?

-Corrin Locke is the article that had an altercation with Runia during the midterm exam, right?

-Anyway, how do you become level 1 right away? Are there any cases like this?

In fact, this kind of voice would have been said even if he had been promoted to semi-first level.

Anyway, I am the knight who not only cleared the semi-first level test perfectly, but also resolved the King of Iron Mountain incident and defeated the traitor Permak Daman one-on-one.

All the professors who might know this confidential information seemed to be satisfied with my promotion, so the students and associate professors and assistant professors looked puzzled.

“Wow, Corin, you’re amazing.”

Arisha looks surprised by the muttering response as she comes down from the stage. Actually, Alisha didn’t expect that I would rise to level 1 all at once.

“I thought it was semi-first level, but is that really the reason?”

Arisha metaphorically referring to Permak.

“That’s a top secret. This promotion to level 1 is thanks to the King of Iron Mountain incident.”

It seems that Master Erin and Lady Joséphine are trying to bury Permac’s betrayal for now.

This was partly to deliver the news from Permak Daman as late as possible, but also to prevent confusion.

And as a result, the higher-ups who knew of Permac Daman’s betrayal were Erin Danua and Lady Josephine. Lastly, Dina Grandeia, President of the Southern Association.

With the consent of the three people above, I, who was originally scheduled to be promoted to Junior Level 1, was immediately promoted to Level 1.

What is important is the authority that a first-class guardian has. This is most important.

In the game, this authority, which I only gained in the second year of the third year, will have a huge impact on what I do in the future.

My speaking power, not only among the Guardians under my direct control but also within the Association, will be at a level that cannot be ignored.

‘It would be perfect if Marie joined in.’

If Arisha, a candidate for the successor to the semi-special magician Mariena Arden, joins my Guardians, no one, not even the Association, will be able to ignore me.

Power and authority become power, and increasing power means that what you can do also increases.

This gives one student unprecedented power.

In [The Legend of Arhan Heroes], there has never been a time when social status fluctuated so quickly in a previous episode.

‘First of all, are those three guys to scout right now?’

Jonah, a bar clerk.

Wolf siblings Ren and Ron.

Aside from the clerk Yona, the wolf siblings are also connected to the Black Star faction that secretly operates in Merkava, so they need to be dealt with before the festival.

“It’s vacation now. What are you guys planning to do?”

After the vacation ceremony, some students were already packing up their bags and leaving, and first-year acquaintances naturally gathered together.

“To make money.”

The first to answer was Doron. It’s really you.

“I… am planning to go to the land where other druids are. There are compatriots in the west with whom I have interacted a few times.”

Yuel, who lost his hometown to monsters, seems to be looking for another land of druids.

“I’m going home.”

“I applied for an internship at Magic Tower this summer vacation.”

Is Jaeger an intern at the Magic Tower? I heard it’s tough.

“I’m in the West too… I heard the old castle is scheduled to be demolished. It’s good for making new cores…”

Is Cranel traveling in search of materials for a golem? He’s a gloomy person who doesn’t go out of the house, but he’s more conscientious than I thought.

“I think I should return to my family once. The installment plan… is looking for it.”

Is Arisha returning to Aden? As long as Runia Aden declared that she would not touch Arisha, no such thing would happen.

“Well, have a nice trip.”

“What are you going to do, Corin? Are you going to go home?”

“no.”

In the previous episode, I went to my hometown once around this time. There was no one back home, relying on Corin Locke’s memories.

“They said they were going on a family trip. Except me.”

“Oh…”

In the previous episode, it was a case where the letter arrived three days after the school vacation due to a delivery mistake, resulting in a wasted effort.

“……okay.”

When I told her that I wasn’t going to my hometown, Alisha suggested it while waving both fingers and lowering her head.

“Of course. Would you… do you want to come with me?”

“With you? At your house?”

“Ho, I’m scared to go alone…”

“Ah~”

I’m scared. There were no major problems in the game, so it wouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s understandable that Alisha is scared.

“Unfortunately, I have some business to do in the south, so I won’t be able to go.”

“Uh… South?”

“Let’s go together next time. I also want to go to the eastern part to have fun.”

Arisha’s family is in the east. It’s not at the level of crossing the continent, but it’s still a bit far from the south.

“What business do you have in the South?”

“Someone I know told me to go there.”

Duke Sevancia, who celebrated Buddhahood in the Great Library at the beginning of the semester. He asked me to look into the remaining office of his castle.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go both ways.

“Koriiin~!”

Marie comes running out of nowhere, panting. It looks like he said hello to all his friends.

“Senior Marie, congratulations on your promotion to semi-special rank.”

“Congratulations on your promotion to level 1, Korin! You’ll be able to get promoted again soon!”

Marie smiled brightly and handed me potato chips as congratulations. There were still potatoes left…

“But you said you were going to southern Corin?”

“Did you hear?”

“Ooh, by chance?”

It’s far from a coincidence, right? Is it because of the vampire’s physical abilities?

“Then come with me!”

“Together?”

“Because my house is in the South too! It’s a good thing!”

Well, the directions overlap.

“It’s nothing bad.”

Naturally, I decided to go on this southern trip with Marie.

“That’s right, Yuel. I have a favor to ask you.”

“Corrine are you?”

“Yes, if you meet other druids, I will help you find a place called ‘Findias’. I would be grateful if you could also find a druid called ‘Uskias’.”

“……Let me take a look.

Findias.

It is a secret place where the sun Klau Solas is hidden and the land protected by the druid Uskias.

It is one of the four great treasures, and if I get my hands on it first, I will be able to protect Tates Balthazar. The plan goes awry.

‘It’s called a golden mandrag. If you use it, things might be easier than you think.’

Although it was destroyed in the fight with Permak, it doesn’t matter. You can use the Golden Mandragora in a ‘different way.’ * * * * After the

vacation

ceremony was over and I said goodbye to my friends, I set off with Marie. We

regularly visit Merkava Academy . We arrived at the station to take the magic carriage to the southern city. Numerous carriages welcome us.

In this world, carriages are on a completely different level from the carriages of medieval and early modern Europe. The

large means of transportation powered by mana crystals are It is equipped with 12 special wheels with a thickness of 1 m, and their height reaches 7 m.

Is this what it would be like to put two three-story buses together?

It was a means of creating a fantasy atmosphere in the game and allowing movement between cities like a warp.

“Corrin! I brought you a meal!”

Marie brought a lunch box from the first floor, and although it was a bit bumpy, the meal wasn’t bad.

Four hours like that. We arrived at the carriage platform, the intermediate base.

“You said you’d rest for about an hour, right? I heard they also sell udon on the platform. Do you want to go eat that?”

“Shall we?”

After having a light snack, I got back on the carriage and new passengers were getting on.

“New passengers, please go to the back seat on the second floor.”

Like a transfer station . These are passengers changing carriages.

“Excuse me~”

“Let’s move some luggage.”

New passengers are loading their luggage and sitting in the empty seats. They are sharp-looking men.

“Huh…”

I looked at the men. I sighed after seeing that. Marie tilted her head at my actions.

“What’s going on?”

“It’s nothing. Was it 9 hours until the next platform? Senior, why don’t you go to bed early?”

“Shall we?”

Since the train runs at night, the road on the way is boring and makes you yawn. Something will happen along the way, so it’s good to go to bed early so you don’t get tired. I slept like that for about four hours, and when I woke up, my shoulder fell

. I feel something touching me.

It’s

Marie.

Even when Marie rested her head on my shoulder, she was making a faint breathing sound.

“Deokgu.”

At my call, a large blood dog appeared from Marie’s shadow. .

If the passengers had seen it, they would have been scared, but since it was a nighttime operation, most of them were asleep and the lights were turned off, so there was no commotion. “Let’s get

rid of the flies before Mom wakes up.”

“Kk?”

* * * *

– Driving down the road

. The sound of the carriage’s wheels. Jackie opened her eyes to the sound that had become familiar to her as the background sound for hours.

Oh no!

Pretending to sleep and waiting had actually caused her to fall asleep. Rock, her colleague, had to wake her up, but did she still doze off?

“Rock.. . Ro-ok?”

I can’t see him. The co-worker sitting next to me has disappeared. Maybe he went to the bathroom?

Jackie got up from his seat and went up to the second floor to look for his missing co-worker, but he couldn’t find Ro-ok. What are you, you bastard?

Where are you? Are you there?

I look at my pocket watch. Shit, is it already this time? Since I couldn’t see Rock, I had to signal on my own.

Jackie immediately opened the window in the back seat in the corner and turned on the magic light.

Turning it on and off and on and on.

So many times. I sent it, but no reply came back.

“What is it? Is this the right place?”

The carriage is already running in the middle of nowhere. It is defenseless, with only plains around it. If they

quickly shake it off and smash the wheel, it will take two days for the security guards to find out.

That’s right, Jackie is a member of the carriage robbers. The role is to disguise yourself as a passenger and send a signal to your colleagues.

“No shit… Why isn’t there a response?

The problem is that Rock, the same internal helper, is not visible. His colleagues, who were supposed to be following him carefully, were not reacting.

“These idiots didn’t fall asleep, did they?”

It was a believable statement because he said the same thing himself. But……

“No. Everyone drank coffee and stayed awake.”

“Huh…!”

By the time I was startled by the sudden voice, I had already been grabbed by the collar.

-Sooo!

Jackie is dragged out the window without even having time to scream. Jackie fell off the carriage in an instant and looked up at someone holding her collar.

“hi?”

A field at night. The man’s voice, reflected in the moonlight, was like that of a wild wolf.

“What what?”

“What do you mean, you’re a knight who catches thieves?”

“Knight! Wow! Wait a minute! You misunderstand! You misunderstand!”

“What should I be mistaken about? These are the same faces we’ve seen in previous episodes.”

“What is that…”

That was then. A doll growling and dragging something.

When I looked closely, I saw that a red-haired beast was dragging about twenty men tied up tightly.

It’s definitely true. They are colleagues. Among them is Rock, who disappeared from the carriage.

“Demon monster?!”

“The familiar mana and spirit elements are absurd. Don’t worry about it.”

The wild-looking man knocked Jackie out by kicking her in the chin, then tied him up with the wagon robbers and spoke to the flaming red beast.

“Tie these guys up and leave them with this sign. If the security guards find them, they will be arrested.”

-Kung!

“Oh, I’m sleepy. What are you doing on a moonlit night?”

The boy yawned and caught up to the distant carriage.

………

……

…

As the morning sunlight shone through the curtains covering the window, Marie woke up, stretching her groggy body.

“Kahhhhh~~!”

It’s been a while since I sat on a chair for a long time, and I feel dizzy. My shoulders were especially stiff.

“Ugh?”

I don’t think much of this because it’s always been the same, but strangely my right shoulder feels heavier. As if there was something heavy on top of it.

“oh…!”

It was Corinne.

The boy had fallen asleep with his head on Marie’s shoulder, not even realizing it was morning.

‘Should I wake him up?!’

No, wait a minute. Is there really a need to wake him up?

The boy’s daily life is as hard as a farmer going to the field every day.

There are basically no days off, including physical training, spear practice, and reading materials at the library.

When I heard that he was going down to the south this time, I suggested that he go south with me because I wanted to treat him to a treat at my home.

Is it right to disturb such a boy while he is enjoying his long-awaited sleep?

‘No! hmm! No! ‘My shoulders are a little stiff!’

Marie displayed remarkable moral standards and was willing to sacrifice her shoulder.

There is never any selfishness. Yes. It is a kind consideration without even a millimeter of selfishness involved.

– Excited!

Aside from the fact that my heart is pounding.

Marie moves her quivering pupils to check Corin’s hair lightly touching her cheek. Maybe it’s because it’s morning, but it’s a little frizzy… But it’s frizzy?

‘Huh! ‘I haven’t washed in a day?!’

This is an inevitable inconvenience of a carriage that runs for a long time. Unless you get off on the middle platform, you won’t be allowed the luxury of washing your hair or taking a bath.

Of course, this applies to all passengers in this carriage. Same goes for Corin Locke.

However, it is a serious problem for a girl in the midst of love. It was a non-negotiable issue.

“Deokkuya…”

At the girl’s urgent call, a large blood dog appeared from the shadows.

-Kung!

“Shit! Shut up! What will I do if I wake up…!”

-……Kung.

“Hey, can you get me some whitening cream and perfume from Mom’s bag? Put on the perfume, and make it a little stronger than usual!”

Marie extended her finger to the space where the luggage was placed, but quickly returned to the original position because Corin was trying to get up.

-More quickly!

Instead, he is looking at Deokgu with earnest eyes.

-Kung!

Deok-gu looked at his mother like that and shook his head.

-Dukgu you! Where did you learn such mean words?!

The girl’s voice became much more cautious, and her protests were drowned out.

* * * *

As we arrived at the second waypoint platform, we saw people getting up.

“Oh, Corinne, are you awake?”

“Oh… I slept with my head on your shoulder. Please excuse me.”

“Oh no! It’s okay! That’s possible! I have nothing to refuse!”

“Then… thank you.”

Maybe it’s because he has a good personality, but he can’t say no. Be careful next time.

“Sniff… Huh? Did you spray your senior’s perfume?”

“Hmm? Do you mean Mew Mewson?”

“I feel like the smell has changed…”

“You didn’t know! This smells like potatoes! If you eat a lot of potatoes, this smell will also seep into your body!”

…No matter what, this is far-fetched. It’s not that they were raised by feeding only peaches.

“Let’s say something like that.”

“You mean that? Corrin? Do you think I’m lying?”

“Yayyy~”

“Ugh…!”

-Pisik

“Hehe~ I guess I’ll finally get some outside air.”

If the first platform you got off at was a rest area often seen on the highway, this platform feels like a small village has been formed around the platform.

Passengers sold food and goods, and mechanics gathered to inspect the carriages, naturally forming a small village.

“I’m hungry. Should I eat first?”

“Let me recommend a restaurant!”

“Do you understand?”

“This place was often used as a transfer station!”

“Transfer station?”

This is the entrance to the southern plains. After transferring and sleeping, all the carriages that get off here are headed to Lev City, a large city in the south. But I have to ride the carriage for another 8 hours.

“What the heck~ There’s a transfer station that I often use!”

The place Marie pointed to was a vacant lot. A vacant lot managed by dozens of employees busily coming and going. What’s special about it is that the wyverns are tied up?

“Wyvern landing site?”

“Yeah! We’re going to get on that and go there in one go.”

“Ah~”

This is a means of transportation that was used several times in previous episodes.

Not only is it much faster than a horse-drawn carriage running on land, but there is no other means of getting to remote areas where transportation is not developed.

However, the cost of hiring a Wyvern Rider was prohibitive, so I couldn’t use it often. If you wanted to travel as a party, you had to hire 2 to 3 Wyvern Riders.

In the past, in order to solve a very urgent case, I hired a whole squadron of 12 wyverns with all the party members, but wow… even the Bakga of the world hated it.

“How much is this? If it was a short-term flight, it would have been thirty silver coins.”

“Huh? No! I decided to send a wyvern from home! I always change here!”

“Wow…”

A house with a wyvern? Come to think of it, Marie comes from a farming family.

I have heard that rich farmers who farm on vast lands use wyverns to sprinkle water.

Can you say it’s an American farming method?

“You said you were farming at Marie-senpai’s house, right?”

“Yeah. But?”

“The land must be huge to have a wyvern in the house.”

“Hmm… it’s a bit big.”

Marie scratched her cheek sheepishly. I don’t usually show off as being rich, so I feel embarrassed because I feel like I’m bragging.

“Excuse me, but how big is the land? I’ve heard of a wyvern spraying water, but it seems like a story from a far away country.”

“Uh… I’m not sure, but 2 million?”

2 million? Wow, that’s crazy. I lived in a house less than 20 pyeong on Earth.

“2 million pyeong? … That’s huge.”

It’s 2 million pyeong… It’s such an unrealistic unit that it’s hard to imagine. Marie was extremely rich.

“2 million pyeong? Hmm… the units are slightly different.”

“yes?”

“It’s not pyeong… it’s hectares.”

“……yes?”

“Two million hectares.”

Approximately 6.05 billion pyeong.

While I was confused by the dizzying number, a squadron of wyverns was approaching the landing site from afar.